Aptavani-6
147
dwesh. The karma is not the problem; they will occur as long
as this body is there. The problem lies in the raag-dwesh that
one does. What do the Vitarags say? They tell all to become
vitarag, free from attachment and abhorrence. The importance
is not in what you do in this world. But if there is raag-dwesh
when you are doing it, you create a new karmic account for
your next life. There is no consequence if you do not do raag-
dwesh. Your whole body, from birth to death, is mandatory
(farajiyat). You have no choice but to deal with the effect of
every karma. Only the raag-dwesh that arises from doing so
will create a new binding account. That is why the Vitarags say,
‘Become vitarag and go through life, and be done with it.’
If someone throws insults at ‘us,’ ‘we’ realize that the
insults are aimed at ‘Ambalal’ – at the pudgal, the non-Self. He
does not know the Self, does he? So ‘we’ do not accept those
insults. ‘We’ are not affected by the insult; ‘we’ remain free
from all attachment (vitarag). ‘We’ do not experience any raag-
dwesh towards that person. And, therefore, after one or two
lifetimes ‘we’ will attain liberation.
The Vitarags are simply saying that karma is not the
obstacle to liberation. It is the ignorance of the Self (agnanta)
that is the obstacle. Karma is going to happen as long as there
is the body, but karma ceases to bind when the ignorance goes
away.
* * * * *